Former Oscar nominee Agnes Moorehead in the one-woman tour-de-force "The Invaders"!

Can I put in a request for discussing the "Psycho" films? I know the original by Hitchcock works as a stand-alone masterpiece, but the 3 sequels (all with Anthony Perkins) were still interesting mixtures of shock/horror, black comedy, and an undercurrent of tragedy. (Has any monster/serial killer besides Norman…

I spent several years in SF writing for a prominent LGBT-themed theater company when a lesbian was the artistic director, and she was always incredibly frustrated trying to find lesbian plays and authors that she thought were stage-worthy—that mixture of being artistically worthy and commercially appealing. We did a…

I got a strong vibe that Sue had another raison d'etre scene involving the fairy princess (?) costume, and it got trimmed for time. No big loss, but it was a litle odd.
I liked the bit with Sue's monologue and Mike seeing the ship at the end—it reminded me of the dynamic between Wendy Darling and her father at the end…

Erk. And me a Language Arts teacher. :) Curse you, homonyms.

That "Little House" episode disturbed me for years. There's a really tragic scene with the targeted girl late in the episode saying to her father, "You blame me for this, don't you?" He responds stiffly, "You reap what you sow." (No Father's Day card for you!)And the climax (in a barn?) was straight-up horror.…

OK, I saw this movie when I was 27 (in San Francisco with friends—I think we thought it was camp), and it…was…BAD. Only "I Put A Spell On You", a couple sly readings from Thora Birch, and the glorious scene with the Marshalls (Penny and Gary, together again) stand out in memory. Nostalgia is a weird, weird thing. …

This is a weird thing that often happens when depicting gay couples in movies or TV. Since our brains are subconciously programmed (either by nature or by years of conditioned heterosexism) to register "differences" between couples, having same-sex couples can be a little challenging for audiences to embrace. Thus,…

Since everyone is largely focusing on Wallace's performance as Ms. Krabapple, I want to throw a bouquet to Wallace's turn on "The Bob Newhart show." At the extraordinarily funny climax to one episode, Carol leaves the living room of her apaprtment where everyone is congregated to go try on a dress. For some reason…

Yes, I remember reading that she hit a real financial dry spell in the late 80's (I think her initial cancer treatments wiped out much of her savings), so "The Simpson" was a real windfall for her, as well as a career renaissance.

I'm a long-term substittue in an Oregon school district that has a very small African-American student population (it's higher in the Portland metro area), but a very large (easily 30%) Latino population. Ideally, the idea of "diversity" is that kids will experience a learning environment that respects them and their…

A couple years ago, Whoopi Goldberg had Mark Cohn perform "Walking In Memphis" on "The View" for her birthday—it's one of her favorite songs. He's a good performer, but she's clearly a fascinating woman.

Only if they're rubbing their beard or stubble on your inner thighs.

And he memorized Tom Lehrer's "The Elements." Always a good character indicator.

Guess Redford's not a fan of "misty, water-colored memories" in this one.

Is he watching dumb slasher flicks, or "Cat People" "Freaks" "Psycho" "The Birds" "The Exorcist" "Rosemary's Baby" "The Haunting" "The Lady In White" "The Woman In Black" "Monkey Shines" etc.? Horror movies don't have to be the lowest common denominator, unless that's what one's seeking.
I like that idea of reading a…

Thank you so much for clarifying these points. I saw the original movie on VHS back in the 80's and was disturbed by the prom scene because of the weird randomness of Carrie's revenge—I especially didn't see why the kind gym teacher played by Betty Buckley would have been laughing at Carrie's distress, but if the…

The thing that made his character "work" for me (not saying I liked it or him, just that it worked) was his impassioned speech outside before he loses it—he is so clearly out of his depth with this woman, it not only threatens him, it shakes him to his core. She's more sophisicated than he is, she's more experienced…

If you're a teenage boy home alone for a good 3+ hours, you know exactly what you're going to be doing, and it's going to keep you very preoccupied. Not a lot of opportunities to get into other forms of trouble, unless you crash the internet.

That would've explained why they initially planned on Mitchell having an affair with one of the faux-documentarian cameramen (shades of Pam on "The Office").